Miracles in St. Faustina's Diary

By Marc Massery

Turn to any page of St. Faustina's Diary, and you'll find spiritual gems. 

Do you believe in miracles? Saint Faustina did, because she experienced many. 

When she worked in the convent kitchen, her lack of strength made it difficult for her to drain the heavy pot of potatoes. When she asked the Lord for help, He gave her the strength to drain them easily. Then she wrote:

[W]hen I took off the cover to let the potatoes steam off, I saw there in the pot, in the place of the potatoes, whole bunches of red roses, beautiful beyond description. (65)

Don’t think that the Lord doesn’t perform miracles anymore. He does. I’m sure if you think about it, you’ve experienced a miracle or two in your life — something that could only be explained as divine intervention.  

Author C.S. Lewis once wrote, “One is very often asked at present whether we could not have a Christianity stripped, or, as people who ask it say, ‘freed’ from its miraculous elements, a Christianity with the miraculous elements suppressed. Now, it seems to me that precisely the one religion in the world, or, at least, the only one I know, with which you could not do that is Christianity.” In other words, our faith is founded upon a miracle — the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. We need to believe in miracles in order to be Christians. The Resurrection, though, was just the beginning. Every miracle since reminds us of God’s power over the universe. 

Now, we may not experience something as extraordinary as potatoes turning into flowers (though some might). After all, God wants us to rely primarily upon our faith, not only upon extraordinary signs. Jesus warned the Pharisees and Sadducees that sometimes, asking for too many signs and miracles indicates a lack of faith. He told them, “An evil and unfaithful generation seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah” (Mt 16:4). 

Every now and then, though, God wants to remind us about just how close He really is to all of us. So don’t be afraid to pray for a miracle. You just might get one. If you do, thank God for it. Otherwise, remember the Resurrection of Jesus Christ — the great miracle upon which our faith rests. Take solace knowing that no matter what happens, God has power over your situation, and He will work the miraculous if He needs to. 

Photo by Jason Mitrione on Unsplash

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